Test Engineer

Job Description Summary

Join the Product Validation team supporting commercial and military Development Engine Test readiness, setup, and execution. As an entry-level Test Engineer, you’ll assist the Test Director and senior engineers in coordinating test card execution, preparing setups and facility needs, performing inspections, and delivering test artifacts. You’ll learn how engineering requirements translate to test plans, partner with Evaluation and Systems Engineering, contribute to upgrades of test systems, and support the test operations team throughout test campaigns. You’ll develop core test engineering skills with strong mentorship, focusing on safety, quality, delivery, and cost.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Assist with test readiness activities, including setup, instrumentation checks, and pre-test inspections under guidance.
• Help prepare and update test cards, procedures, and checklists; track changes and approvals.
• Support day-of-test execution by monitoring test steps, logging data, and communicating status to the Test Director.
• Perform basic data review and help compile results, plots, and summaries for internal customers with technical oversight.
• Coordinate with Systems and Evaluation Engineering to clarify requirements and ensure proper integration into test plans.
• Help maintain the test schedule, track hardware needs, and support asset/rig readiness to meet program milestones.
• Contribute to lessons learned capture, corrective actions, and knowledge sharing across engine owners.
• Participate in priority meetings, tollgate reviews, and readiness checks; follow documented best practices and TSE processes.
• Support budget/schedule inputs by providing estimates and status to responsible teams; learn finance and scheduling tools.
• Maintain transparent, professional communication with program customers and cross-functional partners.
• Prioritize safety and compliance, promptly escalating risks and following standard work.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Computer Science.
• Internship/co-op, project work, or lab experience related to testing, instrumentation, or data analysis preferred.
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

Desired Characteristics

• Exposure to engine or rig testing, instrumentation, and data acquisition systems.
• Familiarity with finance and scheduling tools (Open Plan, Clarity) and analytics/visualization (Spotfire or similar).
• Basic understanding of project coordination and ability to manage multiple tasks with supervision.
• Strong written and verbal communication, teamwork, and a learning mindset.
• Experience collaborating with DoD or commercial customers and processes is a plus.
• Awareness of lean/continuous improvement concepts and standard work.
• Ability to obtain DoD Security Clearance (Secret or higher).

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

Additional Information

GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable). Employees may also be subject to random and reasonable-suspicion drug and alcohol testing.

About Us

At GE Aerospace, we invent the future of flight, lift people up, and bring them home safely. We are a world-leading provider of jet engines, components, and integrated systems for commercial and military aircraft. At GE Aerospace, respect for people is core to our culture and commitment to FLIGHT DECK, our proprietary lean operating model. We attract, develop, and retain industry-leading talent from all backgrounds and cultivate communities where people are respected and empowered to reach their fullest potential. For the people of GE Aerospace, their work isn't just a job. It's their passion and purpose. We work and win as one team, accountable to each other and our customers, and we are always finding a better way to climb higher together. We were meant to fly.